UBC Media to launch a digital music download service in UK next year

UBC Media to launch a digital music download service in UK next year

London-based radio programming company UBC media has said in a statement that they are planning to launch a digital music download service in UK next year.

This service would allow customers to buy songs instantly as they listen to them on digital radio. The company said that they already reached agreements with radio companies, record companies and mobile operators to launch this service in the London city by early next year.

UBC Chief Executive Simon Cole said that after the launch of their service, customers would be able to download music digitally to mobile devices such as radios and mobile phones. In addition, the downloaded song would also end up in the customer’s Web-based music library.

Cole also added that customers would be able to pre-pay for songs using a credit plan. This would similar to how they pay up for mobile calls. Each song is expected to cost around 1.25 UK Pounds. He said: “Anybody who believes that advertising on its own is going to support the future of the radio industry is living in cloud cuckoo land. Radio listening is actually at its strongest ever. More 15 to 24 year olds are listening to commercial radio at the moment than have ever done before, but radio revenue is not rising to sustain the development.”

Cole further said: “You have to concentrate on average revenue per user rather than just overall revenue, and the way to do that is to begin to monetize your listeners directly. This is, we believe the killer application in terms of monetizing your listeners.”